XSI hanging at Startup 2005-06-09 - By kim aldis
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> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Bradley R. Gabe
> Sent: 09 June 2005 23:01
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: Re: XSI hanging at Startup
>
> For those who recommend replacing the softimage folder, I
> recommend storing all his prefs and plugins into a custom
> addon. It's a good way to keep your sanity, and also to test
> if perhaps the problem is related to your stuff, or chaff
> building up in the other parts of xsi's ghost memory.
>
> To store all your prefs and addons in a few mouse clicks:
>
> 1- Go to File>Addons>Package
> 2- Upper right corner of the popup, click on the "Select All" button
> 3- Lower right corner of the popup, click on the "Package" button
> 4- Save the xsiaddon file somewhere outside of your softimage
> directories
>
> The next time you have to kill your xsi folder to reset
> things, just drag and drop this xsiaddon back into your xsi,
> and you should get all your custom layouts, plugins, whatever back.
>
> -Brad
>
>
>
> >I have had similar problems. Best solution I have found is
> to kill the
> >4.2 folder in your users directory. I was hanging
> consistenly for about
> >a minute...this solves it. Bad news is that you use your user prefs.
> >
> >Unfortunately, I have to kill that folder every so often.
> >
> >I'm curious to hear other solutions......
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Scott Stewart
> >
> >On 6/9/05, Bernard Lebel <3dbernard@(protected)> wrote:
> > > Hello. I'd like to keep hairs on my head.....
> > >
> > > Using XSI 4.2.
> > >
> > > I have a workgroup with a bunch of addons and plugins. When I am
> > > part of this workgroup, XSI just hangs during startup,
> right after
> > > it has installed all the plugins (I can see it stalls on
> the last message).
> > > The hang lasts for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, pretty much like when
> > > 4.0 was out. The interface is all gray and the title bar says Not
> > > Responding.
> > >
> > > I removed the plugins from the workgroup, and the hang persists.
> > > Removing the workgroup shaders did not fix it. On a
> workgroup that
> > > has no addon, I don't have this problem.
> > >
> > > I tried removing the users directory, but as soon as I
> got back on
> > > the workgroup the hanging came back.
> > >
> > > Somehow, it seems only me and a couple of other users have this
> > > problem, not the bunch of artists on the floor. I even
> uninstalled
> > > Python!
> > >
> > > Now the weirdest thing is that it did not do that earlier
> this week,
> > > and the sysadmin swears there was no change to the network.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Bernard
> > >
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